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The Navy may have capped its fleet of much-anticipated—and much-maligned—littoral combat ships at 28 for now, but their commanders haven’t stopped trying to squeeze every last ounce of capability out of them.LCSs deployed to the Persian…

The Marine Corps is working to break out of the ground-combat box the Global War on Terror wedged them into, but whether Force Design 2030 is actually realized by that date depends quite a bit on whether Congress decides to fund everything…

‘I know what I don’t know,’ SecDef pick says at confirmation hearing. Pete Hegseth conceded that he lacks the experience of previous defense secretaries but said what he has is enough. “It's time to give someone with dust on his boots…

Former Fox TV host and Army major Pete Hegseth is testifying before a Senate panel that could advance his nomination to become America’s 29th Pentagon chief. The packed hearing began at 9:30 a.m. ET, and is livestreaming via the Senate…

Ukrainian officials say they’ve captured two North Korean soldiers during fighting in Russia’s Kursk region late last week. “Two soldiers, though wounded, survived and were transported to Kyiv, where they are now communicating with the…

The U.S. is not trying to goad China into a military conflict, the Pentagon’s no. 2 official said Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s remark last summer that he thinks the U.S. is trying to bait him into invading Taiwan so the U.S. can…

SecDef confirmation hearing set for Jan. 14. Pete Hegseth, who is Donald Trump’s announced nominee to succeed Lloyd Austin as U.S. defense secretary, will go before the newly GOP-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.…

SecDef Austin’s last trip to Europe America’s European allies are reeling from President-elect Trump’s talk of annexing Greenland and Canada, Defense One’s Patrick Tucker reports from the Pentagon-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group,…

Pentagon officials are devising new plans to defend air bases worldwide—plans that prioritize collaboration across all the military services, rather than relying solely on the Army for protection. The growing threat of long-range…

As White House cyber-policy lead, Harry Coker has helped oversee efforts to develop the federal workforce, harmonize regulations, and promote memory-safe programming. On Tuesday, the outgoing National Cyber…